Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP). 2018

This toolkit provides tribes with a framework and timeline when creating a climate change adaptation plan. It includes an adaptation template, worksheet, guides, and includes examples of climate change adaptation plan for tribes throughout the nation.

Office of the State Climatologist of California. 2016

The Hydroclimate Report Water Year 2016 updates the 2015 report with data from Water Year 2016. This report includes key indicators for hydrology and climate in California and is updated annually with the newest available data to track … important trends, provide a compilation of indicators, and provide graphical visualization of data trends that are of interest to water managers, the media, State government, and the research community. The report provides information on annual precipitation, annual air temperature, snowpack, rain and snow trends, sea levels and more.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services. 2018

Extreme stormsSea level riseSnowpackWildfire

Data, tools, and research

MyPlan Internet Mapping Tool (IMT) enables city, county, special district, state and tribal user access in assembling and assessing GIS information on natural hazards i​n California. The MyPlan tool provides an easy-to-use interface where … emergency managers and planners can specify views, opacity, and layering order to create a map for their Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). These maps can be used in applying for federal grants or in the development of mitigation plans. The tool is exportable for use by other website.

California Department of Water Resources. 2018

DroughtSnowpack

Data, tools, and research

Bulletin 118 is California’s official compendium on the occurrence and nature of groundwater statewide. Bulletin 118 defines the boundaries and describes the hydrologic characteristics of California’s groundwater basins. Bulletin 118 also provides … information on groundwater management and recommendations for the future.

California Department of Water Resources. 2016

DroughtSnowpack

AssessmentPlanning and policy guidance

This 2016 Drought Contingency Plan for the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) water operations from February to November 2016 includes a quantitative analysis of modeled hydrology for 2016 including 50%, 90%, and … 99 % exceedance scenarios based on the January 1, 2016 hydrologic scenarios and potential operations based on these analyses. This plan aids in quantifying the magnitude of available reservoir water resources under various hydrologic scenarios. The primary goals of the plan are to achieve a balance between reservoir storage for water supply and resource conservation, meet essential human health and safety needs, manage the intrusion of salt water into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and provide and maintain adequate protections for State and Federal endangered and threatened species and other fish and wildlife resources.

California Department of Water Resources. 2011

DroughtSnowpack

Planning and policy guidance

The Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. Key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options are presented that can guide resource … managers and planners as they develop means of adapting their programs to a changing climate. The handbook uses DWR's Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning framework as a model into which analysis of climate change impacts and planning for adaptation and mitigation can be integrated. A useful resource in this handbook is the Vulnerability Assessment Checklist found in Appendix B.

Conservation Biology Institute. 2018

Data Basin provides technical specialists, decision makers, and members of the interested public with the ability to access, interpret, analyze, and communicate using conservation science data. Data Basin is a web-based platform that integrates … science, mapping, and people by providing mapping tools to create custom maps, collaborative workspaces, access to biological, physical, and socio-economic geospatial datasets and more.

Governor's Office of Planning and Research. 2017

As part of the EO B-30-15 Guidance, the Technical Advisory Group that helped to develop this guidance created an Equity Checklist that can be used alongside any decision making process to ensure that plans and investments identify and … protect the State’s most vulnerable populations.

Urban Sustainability Directors Network. 2017

This document provides guidance to local governments in designing and implementing a more inclusive, equitable planning process. It provides guidance on how to address equity issues with specific adaptation solutions, tactics for inclusive … community engagement, and on how to address the root causes of inequities in climate risk.